This was just the beginning. My very VERY favorite winter of all time. This image is from December 5, 2009, and like I said, it was just the beginning. From just the beginning of meteorological winter, not even the beginning of astronomical winter, to the end of winter, that winter of 2009 – 2010, 72 inches of snow fell upon my cabin in the mountains.

During that winter and those snow events VDOT took excellent care of us, though they certainly had their challenges. This is how our road looked – often.

72 inches of snow in one winter — pure joy!